Grocery getter

I did it. I actually finished a project and it didn't take 3 years just 10 days. I was searching through Ravelry and came across a pattern for this market bag. I liked it and it seems like a quick project with great reviews. Upon further inspection, I noticed that the pattern came from a book I owned: Stitch N' Bitch: Superstar Knitting. The pattern called for fingering weight yarn which I had, but wanted to save just in case the pattern proved to difficult to keep my attention. Overall, I am happy with the result. The lace pattern was perfect for a lace noob like myself and it knitted up really fast with the worsted weight yarn. I knitted this for a friend. I hope she likes it.

ON TO THE NEXT PROJECT!

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It's been almost 3 years since my last post. My newfound love of Ravelry.com has renewed my interest in blogging,....for the time being. Here are some picture highlights from the time we've been apart.

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Cybermen day??

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We finally moved in..

And put up some damn art!
We still have loads more, but I think we have a better understanding of what we plan to do with the place and all our stuff.

And! We built a fire!

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The Last House on the Left

It's official! Adams and I have moved the bulk of our stuff into the Tanager place. Last night was the 2nd night sleeping there.

My parents AND BROTHER, David! chipped in with moving the heavy stuff. Their trucks and trailer helped tremendously...it probably took about 3 hours. David was the one to notice that we are living in the last house on the left. Although technically it's the 1st house on the right.....anyway we decided we should get the movie poster...what a horrible movie though...

The last things we moved were the kitties. Linus went in the carrier with Adams and I took Winston wrapped in a towel like a kittie burrito in my car. He did really well. He meowed a bit, but chilled in the seat for the most part. They acted like we were punishing them when we let them loose in the kitchen. Strange but they both ran downstairs to Adams' music room..it had the most familiar stuff from the Bluff house. Linus is always slow to warm to new situations. He hid in the little cubby behind the amp. I think they explored while we were sleeping. Linus spent the next day either in the music room or under the bed. Winston claimed his stoop at the top of the stairs. Last night and this morning they were fighting over it. Once things finally settle down (and we stop moving things around) I think the kids will too.

We still have miscellaneous stuff at the Bluff house: my skate gear, THE CAMERA, food, and other crap. I can't wait to be finished cleaning and we haven't even begun...not my favorite activity. We should have internet at the new place sometime today. yay!

Moving days.

This has to be the most exhausting July 4th weekend I've ever had. Craftyfeast was Sunday in Columbia, a day that I have been dreading oh so long now. I have to say that it went rather smoothly. I think that if it were just my event then that would not have been the case. It was great having a group to share the nerves and all the tiny components of setup and follow through. This is going to be the beginning of a beautiful collective! I ran across several other great vendor, had awesome ice cream and custard ice, had a great time hanging out with Cola friends and even squeezed in a few fireworks on the walk to the car.

After the long day Sunday, Adams and I drove back home because we had to meet the tree guy at Tanager to make sure he cuts down the right ones. That went easier than expected and we were able to take almost 6 carloads of stuff over (two of those before lunch even!) and get a few necessities from Lowe's, our new favorite store. Tonight Adams has D&D and I have derby so moving festivities will resume tomorrow night with the help of my family. My brother has already said that "he doesn't want to, but he will." That is love right there. Family=free labor

Closing draws nigh.

Closing on our house is Friday. I can't believe we're almost there. Loads of repairs have been and will be made by the seller. We're so lucky that it's a buyers market.

We've picked out colors for the rooms that need it (bedroom, teevee room and my craft room) and my parents are going to take care of that. Score! The perks of having a handy father in the painting business. Adams and I have already decorated this place in our heads. We've picked up some freebie furniture: couch, loveseat, coffee table, record table and antique sewing machine thanks again to my parents. The 1st, 2nd and last coming from a house that my dad is painting, the owner recently went into a nursing home and the son is clearing out the house to sell. We are going to have a lot more room to fill at the new place and not a lot of furniture to fill it with. Technically we could do that with books. Oh jeebus! books!  I should try my hand at making furniture out of novels....it could work.

We went by the place last week to check on some of the work that had been done, gutters were installed. Half way down the street there was a white cat with black markings lying in the middle of the run. As we get closer we notice it's a Hitler cat. It had the mustache AND hairline! And it made no attempt to move as we drove around it. As we get to the driveway there is a smaller b&w kitten. This is the first time we've noticed any neighborhood cats there. Our current neighborhood is a drop off spot for abandoned cats being right near the river. We've lucked out and meet some real sweethearts.  Currently we've taken up with a solid black male that Adams christened Otto. We've thought about taking him with us to the new place, but have regrets that we may not be able to give him all the love he needs while taking him away from what he knows. I think it would be a shame not to bc there is another black cat that bullies him. But knowing that Hitler cat lives in our new neighborhood, along with the neighbors dog (which is fenced, but still a dog...) I don't know if that would be better.

Otto loves head scratchin's and I like watching his light claw against his dark fur.

I've never been so busy in my brain and other wise. There is so much to think of right now: derby issues, work changes with my boss leaving, craftyfeast, the Regulators bout and getting everything settled with both places. And that's all before the 18th of July. ugh!